In a recent report, the FBI said it received numerous complaints about people using stolen information and deep fake video and audio generated by artificial intelligence to apply for remote tech jobs.
Gizmodo reported that the FBI wrote to the Internet Crime Complaints Center on Tuesday that it had received complaints from people using stolen personal information and fake videos and audio to file remote tech businesses. The FBI says more companies are reporting job applicants using videos, photos or recordings that have been manipulated to look and sound like other people. Deepfake videos are often created by artificial intelligence programs that can fool casual observers. Most popularly, they are created with the appearance of celebrities.
The report says many of the job listings relate to software that will provide access to IT, programming, databases and sensitive user information, as well as company financial and private information. This means that the scammer wants to access sensitive information and also get a fake salary.
But it’s currently unclear how many of the fake job applications are successful, meaning some scams may have already penetrated the companies. Fake applicants have reportedly used voice spoofing techniques in online interviews where lip movement didn’t match what was said in the video interviews. Many were caught coughing or sneezing in an interview that didn’t appear on the video stream.
The FBI and several federal agencies recently warned companies that people working for the North Korean government were applying for telecommunications jobs in IT and other technical positions in May.
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Source: Breitbart
